Thai Government Prohibits the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages Online
On August 7th, 2020, a regulation prohibiting the sale and advertisement of alcoholic beverages online was issued by the Prime Minister’s office. The Announcement of the Office of the Prime Minister re: Prohibition of the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages by Electronic Methods or Means was published in the Government Gazette […]
EU Business Avenues in South East Asia (ICT)
EU Business Avenues in South East Asia (along with EABC for the Thailand part) are organizing an ICT Virtual Business Mission from 28 Sep to 1 Oct 2020, alongside the ConnecTechAsia virtual trade show. 48 European ICT companies will be introducing their technologies to the S.E. Asia. region, which include […]
Amendments to the Civil Procedure Code on Civil Mediation
On September 8th, 2020, the Thai government passed a Royal Decree permitting court-supervised pre-litigation mediation to take place prior to filing a Plaint with the court. The Civil Procedure Code Amendment Act (No. 32) BE 2563 (2020) (the “Act”) will take effect from November 7th, 2020 onwards, 60 days after […]
The EU IP KEY Virtual Conference on “Enhancing Copyright Protection in Thailand”
On 11 September 2020, Mr. Franck Fougere, the Chairperson of the Intellectual Property Working Group, represented the EABC as one of the key speakers on “EU Business Observations on Copyright and Related Rights Protection in Thailand.” The participating parties, included but not limited to personnel from relevant organisations such as […]
Building Tax Payment Extensions
MPG would like to share a recent update on “Building Tax Payment Extensions.” On August 28th, 2020, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) empowered local administrations to grant additional deadline extensions for remitting payment of the new land and building tax. Further to the MOI’s announcement, on August 28th, the Bangkok Metropolitan […]